Sound Off, March 18, 2013

Published 12:00 am, Sunday, March 17, 2013

All workers who make over $20 per hour should be taxed $1 per hour, and that dollar should go to the workers only making $9 per hour, so they can earn a living wage. It is only fair that the minimum wage worker has a chance to earn more money. The high money earners don't really need all of that money.

Re: All workers: A German guy told me in Torrington about eight years ago, in 2005, his brother makes about $70 per hour at Ford in Germany, but then $50 goes for taxes.

RE: Do you have the skill. What the hell do you mean that entry level jobs are not supposed to enable someone to make a living? These jobs are stocking shelves, checking out customers and that type of thing. Why shouldn't they earn a living at it? Do you expect someone you offer a minimum wage to work at a fast pace for a paltry wage? You sound like a typical store owner. You want everything done just so and don't want to pay for it. You have to be willing to pay a just wage in order to find help that will take pride in working for you. Otherwise you get lousy results and deserve those results.

No, I am not a store owner and have worked many entry level jobs in my younger years. I always took pride and did the job to the best of my ability. It is called having a work ethic. Something that is obviously lacking in this entitlement society. I never expected anything from anyone and worked extra to make ends meet and coming from a poor background worked my way into a position that I could support myself. When I did not process the skills or education, I had to work at entry level jobs and work just as hard as I did as I moved up the ladder. Again, it is called having a work ethic, and not complaining because someone else is more successful than you. I am not entitled to their money because they have more. They earned it, they should keep it. And if they want to give it away that is their prerogative not the government, who wastes everyone's hard earned money or those who do want to put in the time to earn their way.

Malloy tells us the state is broke, but he's giving out grants in the millions everyday. In the good old days, when you were broke, you stopped spending, until your bills were paid.

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

-- Abraham Lincoln

Re: "The high money earners don't really need all of that money." So you are saying anything over $20 an hour is High-Money? And they don't need all of that? Let's say I make $25 an hour. Or $52K a year before taxes. Is that a lot of money? Take away $1 per hour as you say. That brings it to just a bit under $50K per year. I have a mortgage to pay. I have insurance to pay. I have children. Suddenly now, that $2K is a major blow to the household budget. It's easy for someone making $10 an hour to look at someone making $20 or $25 and think how much better their life must be because their paycheck is fatter. But the two of us are in the same boat, looking at the CEO raking in millions and millions of dollars per year plus stock and bonuses.

As a teacher, I could not allow a student to take an aspirin that they had brought to school with them when they had a headache unless we had a parent's signature stating that that particular medication could be given to him/her. So why is it perfectly acceptable in this state to allow a minor to have invasive surgery without even telling the parents, never mind having their permission? And why is it perfectly acceptable for abortion clinics to perform the abortion on a young woman under 16 without reporting statutory rape to the police? Why is abortion considered to be so untouchable?